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Brandicorp, a commercial real estate company, is partnering with Jeffrey R. Anderson Real Estate in a joint venture to build two hotels, the first of which will be a Courtyard by Marriott, at Rookwood Exchange in Cincinnati. The hotel development is part of a $100 million project and is slated to start in the fall.

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The Horseshoe Casino Cincinnati, which will open next month, has agreed to partner with seven hotels in the city as part of its plan to team up with local attractions and businesses. "The urban location of the casino places it conveniently near the most luxurious hotels in downtown Cincinnati. We're delighted to send our guests to these downtown hotels to explore some of the best hospitality that Cincinnati has to offer," said Mike Warren, vice president of marketing for the casino.

Starwood Hotels and Resorts' Aloft chain will reach a milestone when it opens its 50th hotel on June 1. The 176-room Aloft, which will have a "W-esque" lobby, a rooftop terrace, a bar, a fitness center and other features common in Aloft hotels, will open in Brooklyn, N.Y.

Developers hope to build a 155-room Cambria Suites near Lake Eola in downtown Orlando, Fla., after changing their initial plan to build a Kimpton Hotel at the site. If the developers gain approval from the city's municipal planning board, the $20 million construction project may start by the end of 2011 or in early 2012.

Digital media marketing in various forms, such as blogging, video blogging and Internet marketing, can be a good alternative to traditional marketing, notes blogger Zennie62. But the blogger says hotel managers must know how these things work and must take time to see the value by tracking the hotel's exposure through a real-time Web-traffic reporting system.

Alexico Group was running the Flatotel and the Alex Hotel in New York but failed to make the mortgage payments or pay the real estate taxes on the properties, according to Joan Madden, a New York state Supreme Court judge. Meanwhile, the judge said, the developer's principals paid themselves management fees of about $570,000 and transferred funds to other properties, including the Mark Hotel on the Upper East Side.